UCLA Planetarium, located on the 8th
floor of the Mathematical Sciences building
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Location
The UCLA Planetarium (Room MS 8224) is located on the eighth floor of the Mathematical Sciences Building, and the telescopes are located on the ninth floor.
Due to congestion on the UCLA campus, please allow ample time for parking as we are not able to accommodate late arrivals.
Parking
Parking is available at any of UCLA's parking structures for $9.00 or
at on-street meters on UCLA's campus. The parking
structures closest to the Mathematical Sciences building are Lots 6 and 9 (off of Westwood
Blvd.) and Lot 2 (off of Hilgard Ave.). Lot 6 offers metered parking ($0.25 for 8 minutes) as an alternative to the $9.00 parking fee.
Motorcycle and scooter parking is free of charge in designated areas. There are areas north of Lot 9 (next to Ackerman Union) and west of Lot 2 (at the intersection of Westholme and Charles E. Young Drive.
Bicycle parking is available in the Court of Sciences, just south of the Mathematical Sciences Building breezeway.
Bicycle lockers will soon be available for rental in Lot 2.
Public Transportation
UCLA is accessible via several bus lines. They are: MTA lines 2, 21, 302, 561
and 576, Big Blue
Bus lines 1, 2, 3, 8 and 12, and Culver City Bus
line 6.
The UCLA Campus Express stops at Lot 2, but does not run after 7 PM during the academic year or after 6 PM during summer, winter, and spring breaks.
The Mathematical Sciences building at UCLA
Directions on Campus
- The Mathematical Sciences building is located in south
campus and has several white observatory domes on the roof.
Click here for a full campus map and here for a south campus map. - Enter the Mathematical Sciences building in the breezeway by the vending machines.
- Turn left immediately and enter the elevator.
- You entered on the fifth floor. Take the elevator to the eighth floor.
- Exit the elevator. Turn left. Turn left again, and follow the short hallway out onto the roof of the building. (You should see signs pointing the way when you exit the elevator.)
- As you walk onto the roof, the planetarium dome is directly in front of you. To get to the telescope, take the stairs behind you (above the door to the roof) to the 9th floor roof. At the top of the stairs, turn right and then left and the end of the wall and you will see the dome housing the 14" telescope.